** FILE ** This is a 2002 file photo of New York Rangers president and general manager Glen Sather. Sather took over as coach of the team Thursday, Jan. 30, 2003, one day after he fired Bryan Trottier. Sather, who led the Edmonton Oilers to four Stanley Cup titles, dismissed Trottier on Wednesday night just 54 games into his rookie season as coach. Sather will lead the team for the remainder of the season.(AP Photo/File)

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** FILE ** This is a 2002 file photo of New York Rangers president...

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** FILE ** Bryan Trottier is shown in this 2001 file photo. The New York Rangers are expected to announce the hiring of Hall of Famer Bryan Trottier to be the team's new coach. A news conference was scheduled for Thursday June 6, 2002, afternoon amid numerous reports Wednesday that Trottier was the choice of general manager Glen Sather to replace Ron Low, who was fired April 15. (AP Photo/CP, HO, File)

Trottier, the former New York Islanders star, has nine years of NHL coaching experience split between Pittsburgh, Colorado and the New York Rangers. It was with the Rangers where he spent part of the 2002-03 season as head coach.

Irbe will serve as goalie coach. He is a two-time All-Star goalie, who spent 13 seasons in the NHL, before leaving to play in Europe. From Latvia, Irbe worked with Nolan, who is coach of the country's national team.

Basketball: The U.S. men's national team cut Washington teammates John Walland Bradley Beal along with Atlanta's Paul Millsap on Monday, a person with knowledge of the details said, leaving the roster at 16 players. With Paul George lost to a broken right leg, the Americans will have to drop four more players before the World Cup of Basketball starts later this month in Spain. Remaining in the roster pool are: Oklahoma City's Kevin Durant, Chicago'sDerrick Rose, Cleveland's Kyrie Irving, New Orleans' Anthony Davis, Golden State's Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson, Houston's James Harden, Atlanta's Kyle Korver, Sacramento's DeMarcus Cousins, Dallas' Chandler Parsons, Utah's Gordon Hayward, Toronto's DeMar DeRozan, Portland's Damian Lillard, Denver's Kenneth Faried, Detroit's Andre Drummond and Brooklyn's Mason Plumlee They will report to Chicago for practices that begin Aug. 14.

Cycling:Moreno Hofland, who fractured ribs and vertebrae in his lower back at the Tour of California, won the opening stage of the Tour of Utah on Monday.